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Contents:

• THE BT GAY BARS LONDON
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• THUNR ROSTER CNCH: VETERAN FORWARD RUDY GAY WAIVED
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
• MOVG TO LGBT LONDON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• NE REASONS WHY LONDON IS THE BT PLACE ON EARTH TO BE GAY
• PETER ACKROYD: A SECRET HISTORY – 2,000 YEARS OF GAY LIFE LONDON
• FOR LGBTQ MUNY, GAY BARS ARE 'SAFE PLACE' TO EXPERIMENT, FD ONELF
• GAY LONDON
• 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS

THE BT GAY BARS LONDON

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a woman.He said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough".He said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'".When Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3,000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance blossomed.Three years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos".He relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife."Danny Beard on Same Sex Love and MarriageDanny explor same-sex weddgs, fdg out why upl chose to get married, the challeng unrpng this cisn and what mak the wedd relatnships work.The uple said they now wanted to help people who were not as ee and strive for "equaly for everyone"."Now I'm here a safe place I want to fight for others to be able to marry who they want," Adam said."I'm so lucky but I want everyone else Sdi to marry the one they love whout facg discrimatn and persecutn." Image source, Fay photographImage ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza say they are "very proud" to have been the first same-sex uple married EnglandMore than 40,000 same-sex marriag took place between 2014 and 2020, acrdg to the Office for Natnal StatisticsPeter McGrah and David Cabreza, origally om Stland and the US, ma history when they beme the first same-sex uple to marry England on 29 March 2014.The trailblazers married jt after midnight at Islgton Town Hall.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage"."It was so sweet seeg him so happy," Mr Cabreza said. (Metropolan Police via AP) (Uncreded, PA Media)LONDON – London's Metropolan Police apologized Wednday to the fay of private vtigator Daniel Man, who was killed wh an ax a pub r park 36 years ago, for the force's failure to brg those rponsible to Met, which has been embroiled a seri of sndals over many years that have led to beg labelled racists, misogynistic and homophobic, admted that s vtigatn had been “marred by a cycle of rptn, profsnal petence and fensivens.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

24 plac sorted by traveler favorBars & Clubs • Gay BarsTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissTrafalgar Square / EmbankmentBars & Clubs • Gay BarsLeicter Square / Shaftbury AvenueWhat travelers are saygBier than expected but service was fast and iendly. In a st-cuttg move, the Atlanta Hawks are tradg guard TyTy Washgton Jr., and forwards Usman Gaba, Rudy Gay and a future send-round pick to the Oklahoma Cy Thunr for Patty Mills, sourc told ESPN on Saturday. While London’s queer nightclub scene has seen some sad, untimely partur, such as the Coleherne (briefly the Pembroke), London’s olst gay bar until s closure, and the Joer’s Arms, there are still some long-standg venu and new-ers to the scene workg hard to keep London’s queer nightlife alive.

Highlights clu the John Waters-spired lbian theme night Female Trouble; the d-visual queer spectacular Outré Voyage, the male-centric mic nights Homodrop and Dissodoma, the by-femm/for-femm monthly Femmi-Errect, and the hedonistic Happy Endgs, which turns Superstore’s unisex loos to a pop-up rave. Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of LondonAlberte Wner, the first female puty chief medil officer at the Department of Health, wrote Homosexualy Women: “There are two tegori of female homosexuals … the woman who tends to prefer the society of women … and a much more dangero type, the promiscuo Lbian who … may e great harm and unhapps.

It poted to evince of the suici of men who had been charged wh mtg homosexual acts wh an adult, sayg: “The sense of shame at public exposure appears to be a motive … if the law is unjt, then the longer remas rponsible for human tragedy, the more excable do s retentn bee. Photograph: London Metropolan Archiv, Cy of London Courty of Campaign for Homosexual EqualyThis poster was produced for the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly to highlight the equi faced by LGBT people, particularly the armed forc.

THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

The issue lated to the hight levels of ernment and rulted Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988, unr which uncils were prohibed om tentnally promotg homosexualy – rultg fundg beg whdrawn om arts projects and tnal rourc. You’ll fd a number of monuments around the cy memoratg the many LGBTQ victims of WWII, wh the Schwul Mm documentg the art, culture and history of Berl’s homosexual muny, which was long centred , Nollendorfplatz is still the place to be if you’d like to see the cy’s bt fetish clubs and leather bars, wh September brgg wh the Folsom Europe BDSM and subculture ftival. Drawn through wh waterways and nnected by hundreds of photogenic bridg, Amsterdam is the cy of the cyclist, allowg for scenic ris along the Prsengracht nal and the Amstel River which both bee awash wh para boats durg the annual gay nal pri.

At all other tim, you n fd Amsterdam’s gay scene centred on Reguliersdwarsstraat, particularly at the cy’s olst gay bar, Cafe t’ Mandje, a popular late-night meetg pot wh kschy dér datg back to the 1920s. While explorg the cy, be sure to look for the Homomonument, a se promoted as a livg monument to homosexuals opprsed and persecuted around the world, also learng more of the cy’s LGBT history at the Pk Pot rmatn sk close by. Copenhagen, DenmarkWh Denmark beg one of the first European natns to legalize same-sex marriage 2012 (and same-sex unns back 1989), ’s pal of Copenhagen certaly has the crentials to be crowned gay pal of Europe.

Though smaller events like World Aids Day and the EuroGam are celebrated throughout the year, the pnacle event for the gay muny mt be Copenhagen Pri, which actually happens twice a year both June and well as your ual dance clubs, Copenhagen go one better wh a selectn of sophistited gay spots near Cy Hall, while the alternative scene meets nearer Central Statn or Vterbro, the cy’s old Red Light District. Bis hostg the UK’s largt pri para, Manchter also hosts Queer Contact arts ftival, Drag Ft UK and Sparkle Ftival, wh more drag events and themed nights happeng nightly the Gay Village on Canal Street the cy’s bt gay bars, clubs and LGBTQ venu.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Mgle good gay pany on Sat-Jaqu, fdg most of the nightlife actn on Marché Au Charbon, particularly the month of May when the narrow streets and sloped lan behd Grand Place fill wh revellers for an entire week of pri celebratns, culmatg on Saturday for Pri Day Bssels. Hostg 250, 000 people each year for s Pri ftival, Brighton remas a meltg-pot for gay culture year round, a trend started the 19th century when men om across the untry me to meet up wh soldiers statned here. Vis durg Febary to attend a number of LGBTQ History Month events held across the cy, otherwise tryg for Trans Pri and Ey Wi Open Ftival, or for regular performanc by the Gay Men’s Chos or edy nights at Bent Double.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

Each superblock offers a new theme, though the gay muny n ually be found around Eixample the LGBT district, meetg up at the cy’s bt gay bars, rtrants and a balny view or an al tapas spot for a lazy afternoon on the square, or otherwise make mov to the cy’s nearby beach statn of Sg, jt 30 mut away by tra.

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)

After beg acquired earlier this month via tra, the Oklahoma Cy Thunr has waived Rudy this story:Oklahoma Cy ThunrUtah JazzAtlanta HawksAlthough he’s well beyond this prime, the almost 37-year-old forward Rudy Gay still has upsi he n offer to an NBA team.

On Wednday eveng, Gay was officially waived by Oklahoma Cy, makg him a ee agent upon clearg waivers, acrdg to Shams Charania of The Thunr now has 20 players on full-time NBA ntracts for the 2023-24 season, but will need to cut that number to 15 the g months. It’s closed on Mondays and Tudays, but hosts a r Sunday pub quiz and gets pretty packed on Friday and Saturday nights when the small dancefloor fills up wh a largely, though not exclively, gay male crowd.

Songs of Gays – Prague FrgeFrom 30th May to the 2nd June, our Ensemble boys returned to Prague followg their sell-out 2016 for four sell-out shows of Songs of Gays, celebratg mils the unique humoro way of the LGMCe wh vol fireworks, sparklg harmoni and unfettable ‘choral-ography’!

THUNR ROSTER CNCH: VETERAN FORWARD RUDY GAY WAIVED

Markg the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offenc Act which saw the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy and the start of the road to LGBT equaly, the show celebrated the mic of liberatn and prott and how popular mic helped change the world. Markg the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of male homosexualy England, the exhibn explor how artists exprsed themselv a time when tablished assumptns about genr and sexualy were beg qutned and transformed. Or, they were meant to, you see, but had started to snow… On 10th & 11th December 2016, our LGMC Ensemble prented ‘Homo Alone’ a Christmas show full of breathtakg harmoni and sparklg vols that got the whole dience the ftive spir!

Shame Chos London PremiereOn 8th October 2016, members of the London Gay Men’s Chos performed specially missned posns by artists such as Billy Bragg, David McAlmont, Jsi Curry, Leo Chadburn, Steven Smh and Very Sman for the London premiere of Shame Chos.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

HeroPrented by the 160-strong London Gay Men’s Chos, HEROES celebrated the activists who blazed a trail, the spiratnal ins, the people close to that we admire and love and the many gay people who’ve quietly ntributed to the world.

Like Wnipeg, Victoria, Halifax, and other medium-sized Canadian ci, there is also a olicsome gay scene here (if you know where to look), and this is somethg a gay realtor London, Ontar n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here. When relotg to LGBTQ London, you should also be aware that a few areas are close to all the wonrfully queer happengs, allowg you to pull your movg tck up to your new hoe a gay-iendly neighborhood or part of town.

If you’re a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or otherwise queer person seekg a welg neighborhood wh facili you’ll cherish, mence wh the top gay and gay-iendly London neighborhoods to disver your perfect new home, each wh s own distct sence. Rather than jt beg ncerned wh how btlg, fashnable, or up-and-g a neighborhood is (or what may appear like), gay realtors nduct extensive rearch to the neighborhoods which they sell hom to ensure that clients are safe.

MOVG TO LGBT LONDON? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

Simply go to the page, and you’ll be prented wh a ee list of gay, lbian, and gay-iendly agents who n help you wh your relotn as well as other eful rmatn like LGBT+iendly schools, shoppg, storage firms, trasmen, and more.

The pal is wily acknowledged to have the largt gay populatn Europe and a 2015 survey by the Office for Natnal Statistics found that Londoners are nearly twice as likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual than people livg most other UK regns. Hard Cock Life drops hip hop beats for homos, Pk Glove sps die tun for gays who prefer Morrissey to Madonna, and Bombshell is a Wednday eveng treat for drag queens, trans people and their alli and admirers.

NE REASONS WHY LONDON IS THE BT PLACE ON EARTH TO BE GAY

Judi Dench has spent a night Heaven, Prcs Di is moured to have vised the RVT drsed as a man the '80s, and Helen Mirren showed her face at a gay pri event 2013 to apologise for shoutg at rowdy Soho drkers who'd disturbed her while she was performg at the theatre across the street. London Friend has been providg unsellg to LGBT people sce 1972, Metro is an equaly and diversy chary foced on the pal and surroundg areas, and East London’s ELOP offers a range of holistic support servic to lol gays and lbians.

Perhaps is new book, a history of gay London entled Queer Cy, returns to faiar terrory, so much so that ’s surprisg Ackroyd hasn’t already wrten : fact, turns out that, after a manner of speakg, he has.

More famoly, a 1983 novel is wrten as a fictnal diary by Osr Wil, a photograph of whom rat his study, sandwiched between Thomas More and the Elizabethan mag John the new work go far eper, travellg om the barely visible remas of Celtic London and the arrival of Christiany the AD300s to the great sex sndals of the 19th century – Wil clud – and on to recent fights for gay rights. If the Celts strike as somewhat mp – Ackroyd suggts the word has s origs the mid-1800s and the gay slang Polari – then so might Chcer’s Pardoner The Canterbury Tal (the prototype of “a London queer”, Ackroyd suggts).

PETER ACKROYD: A SECRET HISTORY – 2,000 YEARS OF GAY LIFE LONDON

The same go for the nizens of the “molly ho” of 18th-century London – clubs-cum-brothels where gay men uld mgle, drs up and have many chroniclers of gay culture, Ackroyd don’t neglect lbianism: we are gleefully taken on a tour of the dildo shops of the Geian cy – ’s said that one tablishment  Leicter Fields sold nothg else – and behd the closed doors of cigarillo smoke-filled Edwardian clubs such as the Cave of Harmony and the Orange 2017, 50 years after some forms of homosexualy were tentatively legalised, ’s hard to thk of anythg that has unrgone greater upheavals than gay culture. Turng out to the bar those remag days to both mourn the impendg closure and celebrate, that muny was sudnly forced to reckon wh the remr of a larger trend sweepg the natn: gay bars, due to a variety of reasons rangg om risg rents to a proliferatn of datg apps, are closg. For many members of New London’s LGBTQ muny, gay bars are dispensable meetg pots — plac where they uld not jt socialize and meet others, but which act as a safe spac to e out and creatively explore onelf.

“It was the place where, when I turned 18 and had jt e out, I went to dance, ” said T Abad, 26, an openly gay bartenr at Bank Street’s The Social Bar + Kchen, who equents the Brass Rail about three days a week. The Whalg Cy ntually monstrat openns to s LGBTQ muny: The Social, known as an LGBTQ-iendly bar, hosts s monthly drag bnch, and Bank Street's Docksi Rort Bar recently announced would host weekly gay dance and karaoke nights.

FOR LGBTQ MUNY, GAY BARS ARE 'SAFE PLACE' TO EXPERIMENT, FD ONELF

The future of gay bars is threatened by what Downs scrib as a perfect storm of circumstanc: risg rents and gentrifitn, a shiftg datg scene due to the growg populary of datg apps, as well as a wir acceptance of the LGBTQ muny wh broar society.

Consirg that the Brass Rail is the only gay bar available for populatns livg throughout eastern Connecticut, as well as Wtern Rho Island, Downs said s closg would prent prsg logistil issu for the broar LGBTQ muny. John served as Chairman for the followg productns: Hero, The Halloween Ball, Hotel Noel, You Say Tomato, We Are London, Calendar Boys, The Love Show, Screamers, The Big Gay Swg, History, UGotMale?, Homo Alone and Ag-Pop. Mart provid the learship to liver landmark performanc tours to Europe, USA and Atralia, Sydney Opera Hoe as part of the Gay Gam, Boston, Washgton and Montreal as part of the Gala Chos Ftival tour as well as France for Var Voic Ftival and Ireland North and South as part of the Brish Isl tour.

He veloped the chos’s reputatn through BBC Choir of the Year semi-fals, TV and prs articl which clud the BBC TV and ITV pani, BBC Rad, LBC, Classic FM, the Inpennt, Tim, Fancial Tim, Eveng Standard and other magaz and gay prs. Separate om the Chos, Mart created the chary Fvox  2006 that produced Europe Sgs, Europri 2007; the highly succsful ftival Var Voic London at the Southbank Centre, London 2009, Big Gay Sg, part of the Cultural Olympiad London 2012, Beyond the Rabow Symposium 2013 and Global Queer and European Queer choir projects.

GAY LONDON

When we had a new take night early January (this was the days when we stggled to rec new members), our choir of 30 beme, overnight, a choir of 75, wh people pourg through the door sayg they had never heard of The London Gay Men’s Chos until they’d seen on TV. For stance, our viss to Manchter Mardi Gras to sg at the Town Hall and the AIDS vigil (where on one memorable ocsn, Michael Cashman managed to announce a performance of ‘Somethg Insi So Strong’ as ‘And now here’s The London Gay Men’s Chos wh somethg ep si…’).

We then moved on to San Jose for the GALA Chos Ftival, where Jeremy, as nductor, turned to the dience after our first number and announced ‘We are the London Gay Men’s Chos – Live and Uncut’ – to hoots om the gay men and gasps of disbelief om the lbians the dience. 29 July 2023 to 16 September 2023 Sleepg Bety Tak A Prick TicketsSleepg Bety Tak A Prick at Charg Cross Theatre 23 November 2023 to 13 January 2024 Strangers Between TicketsThe Goln Goose Theatre is revivg classic Atralian drama Strangers Between by Tommy Murphy, which looks at the highs and lows of growg up gay morn Atralia. Sign up to BFI Flare emailsGet the latt #BFIFlare news and ticket release list should really be a Top 11 – the omissn of Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), the first Brish film to feature a gay kiss, is borrle excable.

A few d homosexuals n be found  Aled Hchck’s early work (check out the swishy drsmaker 1925’s The Pleasure Garn), while Ivor Novello’s films play up the flamboyant star’s androgyny, playg very odd, allegedly heterosexual men  The Lodger (1926) and The Man whout Dire (1923).

10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS

Victim (1961)Dirk Bogar, an actor who never acknowledged the mours of his homosexualy durg his lifetime, took a real reer risk playg a lawyer who, followg a strg of blackmail attempts agast gay men, begs to realise his own sexualy. It took another 10 years before partial crimalisatn took effect wh the Sexual Offenc act 1967, which allowed homosexual acts, private, between two men over the age of 21 – many feel Basil Dearn’s film helped liberalise attus and pave the way towards tolerance towards gay people.

The Leather Boys (1964)The Brish ‘kchen sk’ dramas, foced around workg-class liv, that prevailed the late 50s and early 60s ocsnally ntaed sympathetic gay characters, such as Murray Melv’s stunt  A Taste of Honey (1961) and Cicely Courtneidge’s ageg actor  The L-shaped Room (1962). It’s a super play, but the film jt about tmps , thanks pecially to the performanc – Glen Berry retired om actg, Stt Neal played another gay role  The Bill, while the scene-stealg Lda Henry beme a fixture on Bad Girls and EastEnrs.